Chapter 32 - More Advancements

Next Morning...

"Hnnmgh... Morning already...? ...I still feel sleepy though..." I absent-mindedly spoke to myself while still lying on the bed, temporarily forgetting where I was.

"Hnnnn~ Yan Yan. You're awake already~? Are you hungry? I didn't feed you yesterday night did I? Wait a bit okay~? Mommy will get ready to feed you soon." Mom sleepily cooed as she stifled a yawn and got off the bed, freshening herself up.

'Oh right... I was given a new lease of life. Probably an expensive one, now that I think about it... All well, it's fine anyway. I'll just enjoy some more sleep. Sleep is for the weak...but sleep is also a luxury of the strong...' Simply letting my thoughts flow wherever they wish, I closed my eyes back to sleep once more.

'...Eh...? Why can I still see? Ah. I must've left『Truth Seeker』activated the whole night. It was my intention in the first place, but I didn't get completely used to seeing Qi. Well, I didn't notice it at all last night, so I certainly got 'used' to it, but I haven't gotten very good at deciphering the chaotic movements of the Qi of Heaven and Earth...' I mulled over as I deactivated『Truth Seeker』.

'Right! I haven't confirmed whether I've acclimatized to 10% already or not.'

I reopened my eyes and experimented with『Truth Seeker』, turning it on at 10% then turning it off, and comparing my vision.

'There isn't any change... So I've succeeded? But how come? Acclimatizing to 1% and acclimatizing to 10% takes the same amount of time...? ...What about the amount of Qi!'

I hurriedly cast my senses towards my body's Qi amounts and noticed a dire lack of Neutral Qi in my body. I only had enough Neutral Qi to form a single thread thick 'Qi dragon' circulating my body.

'Looks like I barely had enough... And time isn't exactly a limiting factor now. For now, to improve the acclimatizing rate, the amount of Neutral Qi is the biggest hindrance. Perhaps, afterwards, time, or even my cells may be the next limiting factor...

I think it is time to get the 6 bowels outta the way....The 6 bowels... gallbladder, small intestine, stomach, large intestine, urinary bladder and triple energizer... What the heck is a triple energizer? The battery? Hahaha...haaa.

Technically speaking, in terms of science, Pretty much everything in the body is an organ of some sort. The skin, muscles, bones, eyes, ears, even the blood vessels are organs too... The『Yin-Yang Cycle』in my eyes are proof that they're possible vessels. I'm not sure how is it going to fit into the intestines though... The triple energizer....it's a meridian. Or at least, an acupuncture spot of some sort.' I carefully combed my scattered memories for further knowledge.

'Come to think of it, what would constitute a vessel? Something with borders. Not necessarily round in shape. The lungs, liver, heck the brain as well certainly aren't round at all.

Technically speaking, my whole body can be a possible vessel as well... it has a border after all. But then why would my neck fail...? ...Could it be because there's too much overlapping? The neck is constituted by a lot of parts of many different organs.

The successful vessels so far have been united in their function, essentially a group of cells cooperating. Ah, more accurately speaking, a group of cooperative tissues. The body might or might not work, since it is quite united in the sense that it is the vessel of the soul...

But my skin would be a difficult one to deal with. its shape is very irregular, and it has rather small borders... The only way I can think of is by proxy, placing『Yin-Yang Cycles』in every cell. It's definitely possible, I've tried it.

However, I'm currently growing right now, so I would have to rebuild『Yin-Yang Cycles』in every new cell that pops up if I do it now. But I'm worried about missing out on the potential benefits if I skip it over when I'm still a baby. I guess a hassle is better than missing out.' I decided as I carefully contemplated on the possible vessels for my『Yin-Yang Cycles』.

"Yan Yan, do you want to drink now?" Mom's sudden voice awoke me from my deep thoughts.

"Hmm? Oh, yes, please. Thank you~" I turned to face her as I gave a sweet smile and politely replied.

"Ufufufu~ My daughter really is the best! So young, and yet, she is so polite and so cute~!" Mom delightedly laughed and picked me up gently, giving a long kiss on my cheeks and then resting me on her swelling breasts.

"Here you go, enjoy your meal~" Mom encouraged.

"Thank you for the meal~" I responded as I started to open my mouth and suck.

'Well, I guess I will just try everything. There's no harm or losses in doing so anyway. I think. Who knows? I might get some unexpected results on successful vessels..?' I belatedly thought as I went on autopilot sucking.

And hence I went on to separate threads of Yin-Yang Qi to form a『Yin-Yang Cycle』in every possible vessel I could think of, and even places that seemingly wouldn't work, like small intestine, or maybe even the mesentery, the organ that holds the abdominal organs in place, might work by chance.

'Nothing ventured, nothing gained.'

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"Whew! Yan Yan sure drank every single last drop of my milk every time. Mommy is very happy that you can drink so much. Grow up big, strong, healthy and beautiful okay?" Mom gently cooed as she stroked my head.

"Mhm. Yan Yan will grow up big, strong, healthy and beautiful! Like mommy!" I earnestly responded as I placed my left hand on mom's chest.

"Ufufufu~ Mommy's glad then. Do you want to go read books now?" Mom laughingly asked.

"Sure!" I happily replied with a wide smile.

As mom carried me to the carpet where I left the introductory books yesterday, I inspected the results of my 'adventure' into my body.

A total of 10 new『Yin-Yang Cycles』have been successfully established within my body. The obvious ones, like gallbladder, urinary bladder, stomach, uterus, ovaries are included. The surprising ones that happen to work like the intestines actually succeeded in forming a『Yin-Yang Cycle』. The cycle just formed directly over the whole maze.

'I didn't expect it to actually work like that. Man, this really kicks back to the idea that Qi is not actually material... It's some type of energy anyway. What am I getting surprised for, otherwise, it wouldn't have been able to occupy every part of my body.' I rolled my eyes at my momentary foolishness.

Besides the intestines, 3 more surprising organs made it to the list.

'The pancreas, which I totally forgot about, the diaphragm, which was unexpected, since it was essentially a slab of muscle, and finally, the thymus, I think. It was positioned right in front of my heart, behind the sternum.

It took me a while to remember about this particular organ, since it was a rather obscure one. Apparently, this organ is one that produces a certain type of white blood cell. Which one, I can't remember.

But what I do remember is that it gradually degrades as one ages, till it cannot function anymore and turns into a lump of fat or something...' I amusedly thought at the fact of something turning into a lump of fat, just because it can.

"Okay now Yan Yan, be well-behaved, and be careful not to hurt yourself, okay? Mommy has something I need to go out and do, and will come back around evening time. Until then, don't let anybody in, even if it is Daddy. Okay?" Mom gently explained after placing me beside the stack of books and kept stroking my head.

"Mhm! Yan Yan won't let anybody in until evening time!" I resolutely accepted mom's orders.

"Good. Mommy's going now~ Bye bye~" Mom waved at me as she put on her boots and walked out the door.

"Bye bye~" I waved back.

*creaak* *thunk*

'First things first.'

『Truth Seeker』, 10% activate!

The flow of the Qi of Heaven and Earth became visible to my eyes, with no obvious change to my vision that I could perceive.

'There's really no effect huh? Besides the visible Qi flow. No cost either. Well, I also need some Neutral Qi to us for『Ascendance』as well, so 11% for now.' I carefully considered and adjusted『Truth Seeker』.

'Now then, let's continue onwards with the grind. The terrible but necessary grind for knowledge. I really need to change up their rating system somehow. It's a mouthful...' I thought as I picked up the next book, and got ready to use『Ascendance』, but I suddenly paused.

'...You know what, now is the perfect time to exercise... reading is pretty normal, and my parents shouldn't be able to tell I'm using some mystical ability or something, but exercising... Who would ever see a year old kid actually doing push-ups and stuff...

Okay then, it's decided. I'll do some exercises until I'm refreshingly tired, then go to read.' I pondered and move towards the little 'blind spot' I made for myself and started doing cycles of the exercises I've chosen and tweaked a little of.